The third form is for 13-14 year old students in New Zealand or third year
in high school (Up to 7th form).
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From: "Mike Morris WA6ILQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 440 4 Pole Antenna
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> At 12:47 PM 3/27/05, "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > How much did an article in 73 mag pay way back
> > > then (if you don't mind saying)?
> >
> >"Chuck Kelsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> answered:
> >Boy, I don't remember, but it was not much. Let me put it this way, I
never
> >had the urge to write another article due to the money.
>
> Over the years I had 3 different articles published in 73,
> plus a couple of other writing assignments. The first article
> was three printed pages and needed some serious polishing
> and made me $75, and I got smart. I took the first manuscript
> and the printed article to my high school english teacher (I was
> a sophomore then) and he helped me polish the later articles,
> after congratulating me in front of the class (sigh).
> Once my articles needed zero editing the payment was $40 per
> printed page. And Wayne paid me for a fourth article that was
> never printed.
>
> Wayne's rules on manuscripts included:
> 1) the diagrams / schematics / photos were submitted on
> individual pages - even if the schematic was of a simple
> two-resistor one-transistor inverter, if it was to appear as a
> separate diagram then it was submitted as a separate
> piece of paper.
> 2) The manuscripts were to be double spaced, single sided
> typewritten pages.
>
> Since this was pre-word processor days the average was
> four to 4.5 manuscript pages per printed page.
>
> Mike WA6ILQ
>
> PS: for our non USA readers, the USA "high school" referrred
> to above is grades
> 9 through 12. Sophomore is the second year. The "grade
> school" is years 1-8.
>
> I'm curious how that would convert to the AU and UK school
> systems... I know they have "forms"... I've seen reference
> to "third form"... whatever that is.
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